Longer than nine months after many Libyan political forces reached the national reconciliation agreement, which was signed on December 2015, it cannot be claimed that the UN backed government (one of the three governments trying to reach power in Libya) has better options to become the accepted one by everybody. Actually, it should be claimed the military intervention of the Khalifa Ghweil militias have carried out goes against these chances and decreases them in such a way. Moreover it could truly signify that Libya goes back to a period of violence.

The military intervention took place when those militias took control of some Council of State places, which is the most important advisory chamber under UN backed government control. Although nobody has been killed, it was a military action due to armed militias where in charge to get hold of places. Once militias got gold of them, Khalifa Ghweil, which leads the pro – Islamic faction, announced that the current UN backed government of Fayez Al – Sarraj was over and Ghweil and its faction would be next government as they were before April 2016 when Sarraj government came into power. Even when Ghweil faction never tolerated US backed government, this intervention is something that has never happened before.

No matter that some former members of Ghweil government have now adhered to Sarraj government because even so, its Islamism has a lot of support from people as well as from armed militias and it is because of them two that he can present himself as President, even when the other two governments have greater power.

Moreover, it needs to be pointed out the other Libyan parliament (there is two), which is in Tobruk, has not just rejected the Sarraj´s proposal of a National Government based on an accord as it was described on the national reconciliation agreement, but it is taking control of great many oil fields located in the North of the country, on the coast. Actually, it is doing so thoughout its lider, General Khalifa Haftar. So, just a month before, Haftar achieved to get hold of Brega oil port and that means he has got control of something that foreign countries are trying to secure by helping Sarraj Government: the oil economy.

All this leaves the US backed government in a very delicate situation. However, we should not forget Libyan resources are so important for Libyans but also for other countries such as Europeans or Arabic ones and, having a look at other countries cases, there is many chances that those foreign countries send more help, mainly weapons and even troops, to protect more something they have been protecting for so long since revolution began.